talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
social meeting place; watering hole
like this; this sort; this way
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
very much; very many; more and more
refined taste; good taste
suddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly; immediately; one bound; one leap
centre of attention; center of attention
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
gathering of talented people; group of geniuses
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
flight; desertion; escape
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
educational institution; school; academy; campus
body; body blow (in boxing)
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to say; to be pleased to say
finishing blow; coup de grâce
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
customization; customisation
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
reset; fresh start; new beginning
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
number of articles; quantity